The Business Housing and Zoning Committee convened on September 16, 2025, to review a consent agenda, hold public hearings on development financing and business license applications, and receive a report on the African American Heritage Work Group. Key discussions centered on labor protections for subsidized housing, community safety concerns around new businesses, and preserving Black historical sites.
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Business Housing and Zoning Committee. I'm Councilmember Jamal Osman. And I'm the chair of this committee. Before we begin the meeting, I want to remind all members, staff, and public that this meetings are broadcasted live to enable greater public participation. They include real-time captioning to increase the accessibility of our proceeding to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful to the rate of the speech of their speech so our captioners can understand and transcribe all comments for the broadcast. We ask all speakers to moderate the speed and clarity of their comments. We'll be using a speaker management members. Please sign up. At this time, I'll ask clerk to call the roll so we can verify a quorum. Councilmember Vita. Present. Cashman is absent. Jenkins. Present. Chavez. Present. Vice Chair Chowdry. Present. And Chair Osman. Present. There are five members present. Let the record reflect we have a quorum. Before we proceed to the public hearing, we will first take up our consent agenda, which includes item four through 15. Item 4 is approving four liquor license. Item 5 is approving 54 liquor license renewals. Item 6 is approving three gambling license. Item 7 is approving a forgiveness to two loans of for Claire apartments. Item 8 is providing a greater street loan to one uh to one south side clinic located at 1000 Lake Street East. Item 9 is authorizing director of seabed to clear to certify project funding for the local housing initiative account. Item 10 is authorizing an ownership opportunity loan to 42nd Street 2nd edition. Item 11 is approving an unused right-of-way street vacation application located at Harriet Avenue. Item 12 is amending a previous resolution to update the legislative citation within the resolution. Item 13 is setting a public hearing for September 30th to consider our ordinance amending alcohol license application preventions. Item 14 is setting a public hearing for September 30th to consider an ordinance related to the rental dual and license. Lastly, item 15 is receiving and filing for annual tax increment financing disclosure statement for 2024. With that, do any of my colleagues have any comments? Seeing seeing none, I'll move all items for approval, set up public hearing for item 13 and 14, and receive and file item 15. On that motion, all those in favor say aye. Aye. And those opposed say nay. The ayes have it, and the motion carries. Uh, for more information. Thank you so much. Good afternoon, Chair Osman and committee members. My name is Haley McSparin, and I am a senior project coordinator in CPAD. I am before you today to recommend the approval of inclusionary zoning tax increment financing, also known as IZTIF for the Seven Points Project. Seven Points is a new construction marker eight project located in the South Uptown neighborhood in Ward 10. The project will feature 228 units of housing along with amenities that include a fitness center, wellness suite, co-working areas, and entertainment space for tenants.